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Derek Ball
Derek Ball (b. 1949)
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Title Date Instrumentation
[abbreviations]		 Duration
Rondoesque 2011 cl pf 2'
Fog warning 2010 asax gui vc 3'
Geographische-Phantasie 2009 vc pf 3'
Innominate Piece 3 2009 cl trb vib vn 2'
Michael 2009 cl pf 6'
Rasping at Straucity 2009 bcl vc db 4'
Yellow, Green and Blue Notes 2009 cl trb vib vn 2'
Anguished Bouquets 2008 fl va 3'
Cello Spume on a Cello Sea 2008 8 vc 4'
Finnegan's Complaint to the GMC 2008 fl pf 1'
Geographische-Phantasie 2008 vc pf 6'
Intercession 2008 cl vn pf 4'
Into the Unknown 2008 cl vn pf 5'
Jenny's Maggots 2008 arec, vadg 21'
Les Petites Bathysphères Oubliées 2008 cl vib 4'
Studies for "Tragedia dell'arte" 2008 cl tpt pf 6'
A Three-Tiered Cake and a Four-Tiered Cake 2007 2 tpt hn trb tuba 3'
Abyss 2007 fl hn 2 vc 12'
Ballooning and Bathyscaphing 2007 fl hrp [Irish] 5'
Plumed Serpent 2007 vc pf 10'
Qu'ils débordent 2007 bn vc 5'
Saint Onuphris and Me 2007 cl acc vn 5'
Taking Shape 2007 2 vn va vc 6'
...but pain 2006 cl va vc 3'
...but pain 2006 fl cl vc 3'
A Braided Stream 2006 cl pf vn vc 9'
A Braided Stream 2006 cl va pf 2'
A Company of Free Spirits 2006 2 vn va vc 13'
Braided Streams 2006 cl pf 4'
Celtic Whale 2006 clßirseach fiddle [electronically modified] 10'
Dublin Street-Names 2006 2 tpt, hn, trb, tuba 4'
Full moon through half-open door 2006 va sdm 5'
Menological Music 2006 vn vc 24'
Photos of Max 2006 va pf 1'
Rigaudons et Troicas d'Haute Provence 2006 2 tpt hn trb tuba 5'
The Caves of Padirac 2006 2 tpt hn trb tuba 8'
Unstable Textures 2006 2 tpt hn trb tuba 6'
Vyle Vilanie 2006 treble viol b viol 5'
Apotheosis 2005 va pf 3'
At Time's End 2005 cl vn vc pf 6'
Countertangos 2005 cl pf 2 vn va vc 12'
Douceur sur douceur sur douceur 2005 rec cl va 12'
Equepieces 2005 2 tpt hn trb tuba 11'
Meicnic Sreabhach 2005 fl ob cl bn hn 9'
Mini-developments 2005 fl gui 5'
Mini-developments 2005 fl vn pf 5'
Scarlattiana 2005 fl cl vc 4'
The Tsk Tango 2005 cl 2 vn va vc 3'
Wind-tree Fanfare 2004 rev. 2008 2 tpt, hn, trb, tuba 2'
Ceol Chrann na Gaoithe 2004 fl ob cl bn hn 7'
City Streets 2004 hrp, vc, perc 2'
Exit stage left 2004 fl cl vc 3'
For Hugh 2004 2 cl 3'
Les oeufs du diable 2004 cl tpt va 2'
Les trompettes des morts 2004 cl tpt va 3'
Quatre Élégies 2004 cl vn 6'
Rigaudons et Troicas d'Haute Provence 2004 fl ob cl bn hn 5'
Rigaudons et Troicas d'Haute Provence 2004 rec, vn, cl 5'
Ronde comme la Lune 2004 fl, ob, cl, bn, 2 vn, va, vc 5'
Seven Pillars 2004 cl vn 5'
Xiao Yen Tze 2004 cl vn 4'
Struggling through Strangled Strata of Strident Strangeness 2003 rev.2004 vn, ob, vc, pf (4 hands) 3'
Cream Buns 2003 rev. 2004 cl vn vc 3'
Green Slime 1 and Green Slime 2 2003 tsax bcl hn gui 3'
Labhraidh Loingseach 2003 cl va vc clßirseach 4'
Mettre de l'ambiance 2003 cl vn vc 3'
Mettre de l'ambiance 2003 fl cl vc 3'
Mettre de l'ambiance 3 2003 2 vn va vc 3'
Trois Gymnomanies 2003 pf [4 hands] 4'
Ceol Gliondrach 2002 rev. 2004 fl ob cl bn hn 7'
Another almost inaudible piece of minimalism 2002 4 gui 7'
Bad Heaviness 2002 ob va bn perc CD 3'
Eavesdrop 2002 fl trb vc hrp 3'
Gamut 2002 2 va 4'
Gothic Horror 2002 3 hrp [Irish], org, perc 15'
Visions de l'accord 2002 6 acc [button] 6'
It's not the Bs' fault 2001 4 gui 2'
Out of Uruk 2001 cl bn  
Three Nature Pieces 2001 cl vn  
Working through 2001 2 cl 8'
Working through 2001 2 vn va vc 8'
Working through 2001 cl va 8'
Working through 2001 fl va vc 8'
Working through 2001 va vc 8'
Breach of the Peace 2000 cl vn vc 2'
Cuisle na Bóchna 2000 2 vn va vc, live electronics [delay] 6'
The Cure takes a Cure 2000 cl vn 5'
Earth, Tree, Sky 1999 cl vn 6'
Not thinking but being 1999 4 db 8'
Draperies et Broderies 1998 - 1999 7 - 13 hrp [Irish] [with solo] 4'
Assorted Horrors 1996 vn pf 10'
Cuttings 1996 2 vn va vc 8'
Hocket 1995 pf [8 hands] 2'
For Charlie 1994 2 vn va vc 3'
Mary's Piece 1990 2 vn va vc 4'
Mary's Piece 1990 cl vn pf 4'
A Pint of Plain 1984 pf [4 hands] 2'
Passages 1982 rev. 2008 fl va 20'
At the Close 1982 pf [4 hands] 13'
Shrub Replanted 1973 rev. 2001 2 vn va vc 14'
Trio 1971 rev. 1995 va vc db 13'
Three Piano Duets 1971 rev. 1986 pf [4 hands] 10'

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